224Quiet CanalFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.194 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 279), bought by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, £4.0.0; sold to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 228 x 154 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Asian? (same paper as FGA 1887.25) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone, slightly darker at the lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | See State description; it is possible that Kennedy was in error and there are only four states |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Finished state. Erased January 2nd, 1924.' originally written on margin by C.L. Freer, according to FGA folder sheet. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2140503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.